Finally Posted!

It’s been almost a year since my sojourn to Italy! I finally got the photos posted up on Flickr.

Flickr is a free photo sharing site. As with anything “free”, it has it’s limitations. Like a limit to how many megabytes of photos you can upload in one month.

It seemed like too much of an effort to organize and upload over the course of a few months.

So I did what any red blooded impatient American would do. I purchased an upgrade.

For 20 bucks a year, I can upload megabytes of photos as I want!

http://flickr.com/photos/vitasenzalimiti/

Someday I might even put in descriptions!

Enjoy…

Friends in Far Away Places

A few years ago, friends of mine from Pasadena moved to Munich Germany. When I was making my plans for my visit to Italy, I tried to coordinate some of my vacation time to visit with them. The front end of my visit was at an inconvenient time, with both sets of their parents set to visit for the holidays. I included in my travel plans a stop over in Munich on my way back.

But Mel and Marco had an even better idea. They came for a visit to Sicily! I picked them up at the Catania airport on Friday afternoon. I took them into Taormina to see the beautiful views and to have lunch, Italian Style!

After an extended lunch we strolled the streets, window shopping. When it got chilly, we stopped for a warming liquid refreshment.

Saturday, we all headed into Siracusa. We strolled along the Ionian Sea, enjoying the sites from a different era. At the center plaza, we entered the Church of St Lucy, the patron saint of Siracusa.

We passed by an group of guys playing an interesting sport. I do not know if it is kayak polo, kayak basketball, or kayak soccer, but it involved more dexterity than you can imagine!

They headed back Sunday afternoon. Although I was sad to see them go, I knew I’d seem them in a two days time.

How cool is that to meet friends from California who now live in German for lunch in Sicily!?!

So Long, Sicily

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I left the little apartment I rented, heading back to Naples, where I would stay overnight. The next day I would leave Italy for a short stay in Munich.

The drive was uneventful. I did make it from Catania to Naples in less than 8 hours, though. There was not much to look at, as the railings bordering the road were at eye level. I snapped this photo from the back of the ferry that took me (and my car) across the Messina Straits. It is the port city of Messina.

I was sad my journey was almost at an end, but happy nonetheless to be going.